第1页/共9页杨浦区2017学年度第二学期高三模拟质量调研英语学科试卷II.GrammarandvocabularySectionAWhenitcomestoinnovativecountries,wealwaysthinkofplacesliketheUS,theUKandGermany.However,Israelisalsoagloballeader(21)______innovation.AccordingtotheWorldEconomicForum’sGlobalCompetitivenessReport2016-2017,Israelisthesecond(22)______(innovative)nationintheworld,justafterSwitzerland.Manyofus(23)______notbeaware,buttechnologiesdevelopedinIsraelhavechangedourlives.Forexample,antivirussoftware(24)______protectsourcomputerswasfirstdevelopedinIsraelinthe1970s,accordingtoTheTelegraph.Inaddition,featuresonourmobilephonessuchasvoicemailandSMSwerealsodevelopedinIsrael.SoitcomesasnosurprisethatIsraelplanstouseitsinnovativestrength(25)______(power)thecooperationwithChinaintheBeltandRoadInitiative.(26)__________________Israelisneeded,itwillsparenoefforttocontributetotheproject,saidIsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuduringhisvisittoChinainMarch,accordingtoXinhuaNewsAgency.ManyIsraelienvironmentaltechnologycompanieshavealreadysetupfacilitiesinShandongprovince,(27)______(bring)Israelitechniquestomanyareassuchasrecyclingwaterforagriculturaluse,reportedtheTimesofIsrael.(28)______(found)onverydryland,Israelhadbeenworriedaboutwaterforaverylongtime.However,inrecentyears,thequalityandquantityofwaterinIsrael(29)______(improve),withthehelpoftechniquesthatturnMediterraneanseawaterandwastewaterintousablewater.Infact,suchinnovationshaveledtomoreandmoreChinesestudents(30)______(seek)qualityhighereducationinIsrael.“WhenChinesestudentswhostudyheregobackhome,theywillbeinpositionstoinfluenceChina-Israelrelationshipsinthefuture,”EmmaAfterman,managerofIsrael-ChinaAcademicRelationsattheCouncilforHigherEducation,toldtheJerusalemPost.SectionBA.dangerousB.measuredC.continuousD.peakedE.explosionF.classifiedG.confusionH.religiousI.effortJ.launchedK.attachedParentshavebeenconcernedabouttheirkids’useoftechnologysincethedawnoftechnology–oratleastsincetheinventionofthetransistorradiointhe1950s.Today,technologyiseverywhere,andkidsaregrowingup__31__totheirsmartphones,tabletsandlaptopsinwaysthat‘50smomsanddadscouldneverhavedreamedof.Parentalconcernhasgrownalongwiththistech__32__.Butnow,eventhoseintheindustryarewonderingiftechnologyhastakenatruly__33__holdonallofus–andespeciallychildren.NolessthanMelindaGates,wifeofMicrosoftfounderBillGates,wroteaneditorialintheWashingtonPostlastsummerexpressingregretforthePandora’sBoxsheandherhusbandhelpedopen.“Ispentmycareerintechnology.Iwasn’tpreparedforitseffectonmykids,”shewrote.“Phonesandappsaren’tgoodorbadbythemselves,butforadolescentswhodon’tyethavetheemotionaltoolstodealwithlife’scomplicationand__34__,theycanaddtothedifficultiesofgrowingup.”Astudy,whichcameoutthisyear,lookedatyearlysurveysof8th,10th,and12thgradersintheU.S.第2页/共9页between1991-2016,and__35__markersofpsychologicalwell-being,suchasself-esteem,lifesatisfactionandhappiness.Itfoundthatsuchwell-beingsuddenlydecreasedafter2012–justatthetimethattheuseofsmartphoneandsocialmedia__36__.Therewasadirectcorrelationbetweentheamountoftimespentonelectronicsandunhappiness.Happinesswashighestamongkidswhoparticipatedinsports,followedbyin-personsocializingand__37__services.Thelowest?Onlinecomputergames–theabuseofwhichhasrecentlybeen__38__arecognizedmentalhealthdisorderbytheWorldHealthOrganization–andsocialmedia.Earl...
